Sucks. This is exactly why Jan w/House Rabbit decided to go to vet school,and she is in her early 50's.
Allthe schoolsthat she applied to turned her down because of her age, except a school in the Bahamas. Jan's a good person, very knowledgable about rabbits,cats & dogs. Susan J. DuBose >^..^< www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org www.shadowcats.net "As Cleopatra lay in state, Faithful Bast at her side did wait, Purring welcomes of soft applause, Ever guarding with sharpened claws." Trajan Tennent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:47 PM Subject: Re: This is pretty interesting It makes me want to become a vet and move to a rural area. The Christ-Yoder thing, I mean. Apparently the vets there will not work with them at all. And I know vets here charge up to $300 for a cat spay. On 9/4/07, Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know, I am sure that Christ Yoder is very hard pressed for money. > > If adopters were well informed prior to taking the cat, then it MIGHT not > be > such a bad thing. > > There are so many people out there who have no idea about felv,the > adoption > staff @ a "no test" shelter would really have to be informative for > every > adopter. > > And yes, there are no guarantees,ofcourse, 3 months down the line. > > > Susan J. DuBose >^..^< > www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com > www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org > www.shadowcats.net > "As Cleopatra lay in state, > Faithful Bast at her side did wait, > Purring welcomes of soft applause, > Ever guarding with sharpened claws." > Trajan Tennent > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: This is pretty interesting > > > On 9/4/07, Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I read the article,and their biggest reason was the cost. > > > > It's irresponsible to not test a cat prior to adoption, if nothing else, > > you > > will know it was neg/ neg @ the time of testing,can be retested later. > > > > So,if you are adopting out cats and charging a fee, what exactly would > > the > > fee cover, besides surgery,(if even that?). > > Vaccinations, deworming, whatever has been done to the cat. Some > rural shelters can't afford surgery. I was talking to the new > director of Christ-Yoder at the TASC conference and she told me that > she was trying to get local vets to donate just 4 low cost surgeries a > month and was not having much luck with that. It was really sad. But > that's getting off the subject (and Christ-Yoder doesn't combo test > either that I know of). > > > > > > Do you (not YOU Kelly) just say, "Well,folks, here is your kitty, it may > > or > > may not have felv or fiv. > > We wouldn't know because we don't test for that here. > > Feel free to have your new cat tested though. > > Oh, and if it comes up positive you can talk to your vet about options?" > > It looks like what the places who opt not to test do is offer the > option to the adopter to have the cat tested at the time of adoption. > Or yes, the person could choose to take the cat to their vet if they > wanted. > > We actually combo test all cats before adoption, but the frustrating > thing about this disease to me is that one negative or positive test > doesn't really seem to mean too much. > > AAFP standards call for testing a cat any time it becomes severely > ill, regardless of previous test results. > > So really unless you are willing/financially able to retest all cats > in your household every 6 months or so, you don't know what you have. > > -- > Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. > > http://www.rescuties.org > > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > Please help George! > > http://rescuties.chipin.com/george > > I GoodSearch for Rescuties. > > Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the > Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! > > > -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help George! http://rescuties.chipin.com/george I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!